European Growth Soft in 2014, Poises for a 2015 Bumper Year

International Financing Review’s Europe M&A Regional Report 2014 portrays a disappointing year for M&A, with huge volume in mega-deals being withdrawn, but points to a 2015 boom set to lift Europe’s gloom.

Optimize your strategy for 2015 with this roundup of 2014 M&A in Europe, prepared by Thomson Reuters’ publication International Financing Review in association with Merrill Corporation. Learn how canceled and aborted deals hit their highest volume since the financial crisis, contributing to lackluster mergers and acquisitions totals in 2014 and depriving investment banks of millions in fees. The report also gives predictions for a strong M&A pipeline in 2015, based on announced deal volumes for Western Europe, the focus on consolidation and expansion into new markets for top-line growth, and financial institutions seeking to bolster their European assets.

What’s covered:

Top 20 Western European deals, with volumes and values

EMEA deals by industry sector, by top-20 country and year-to-year total volume

Deals overseen by all major global financial advisors

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